Boyle, P. C., Oil City, Pennsylvania to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1899 February 22

Edwards' letter brought to the family the first ray of sunshine since Ed's escapade in South Bend. Edwards' letter served to modify the disgrace which would otherwise attach to the boy in his mother's eyes. They cannot send him back to Notre Dame University to face the scorn of an uncharitable faculty. They have Georgetown in mind. Ed's offense was a grave one but every rule of discipline ought to be tempered with mercy. No student should be turned away from the university before his parents receive due notice. Nor was sufficient care take to restore the property of the students. Ed's effects were thrown together and numerous small articles were not packed with his things. The atmosphere about the Administration Building gave him a little hope of a cheerful greeting. Father Andrew Morrissey, C.S.C. gave him no encouragement that anything other than manual labor was in store for his son. :: XI-2-b A.L.S. 4pp.